World Cup Qualifiers 3/28 & 4/1

What's wrong does the truth hurt? Bet if you could you would head butt me ala Borgetta or whatever his name is.

 

It's not that, sir. I'd welcome "the truth" if you'd just support it.

How about if I just show up to a conversation between you and your band to talk about how badly you have played the last few gigs and that you just 'SUCK' and that you remind me of the band Xyza and just walk away? You'd think I didn't know s**t, huh? You'd want an explanation, right? What if I come back and say "What's wrong does the truth hurt? Bet if you could you would head butt me with that... that... thing... the wooden thing... the cymbal..." ?

Away with you and come back whenever you can actually support your ideas about football. I can't believe I am wasting my time with you, sir.

 

I have been DYING to see Altidore and Donavan playing together.....now if we could get F. Adu in there too, this team could really take off.

We finally have some creative players in midfield and up front.

LOVELY !!

DD

 

I'd much rather see Honduras than El Salvador in the World Cup, since they have more individual quality in their team and could cause a few upsets.

 

Great Great day of football. Rockets sucked.

But my 2 countries won!

BOLIVIA!!!


USA!!!!

 

soccernet says its official

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=633476&sec=worldcup2010&cc=5901

 

Well at least he can go back to his old gig on Setanta sports.

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I'm kind of disappointed that he was fired. I was hoping for the suckitude to continue at least through qualifying. Now, they might get better and actually be a force again.

 

Yahoo! Sports: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-mexico-erikssonfired&prov=ap&type=lgns
EDIT: Yahoo! JUST UPDATED THIS to include the "possible" next coach:
[rquoter]
Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson fired
53 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (AP)—Mexico soccer coach Sven-Goran Eriksson was fired Thursday, a day after a 3-1 loss to Honduras in a World Cup qualifier.

Eriksson had been the coach for less than a year, but Mexico had just one win in its last seven games.

“We told Mr. Eriksson that his term with the national team has finished,” Justino Compean, president of Mexico’s soccer federation, said at a news conference.

Eriksson, a 61-year-old Swede, is a former England coach and the first foreigner to coach Mexico in 11 years. He was hired in June to replace Mexican star Hugo Sanchez, who was fired after the country’s under-23 team failed to qualify for the Olympics.

Eriksson stirred controversy inside a country fiercely loyal to its national team when he added four naturalized citizens to the roster.

After the announcement, Eriksson wished the team luck and said the country’s patience had run out. He said he, too, was “frustrated by the results” but remained optimistic Mexico would still qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Honduras overtook Mexico in CONCACAF qualifying, jumping from last place to third with four points, one ahead of the Mexicans. The United States leads with seven points, and Costa Rica is second with six.

Possible coaching successors include two Mexicans: former Atletico Madrid coach Javier Aguirre, who left the struggling Spanish club also after a losing streak, and Jose Manuel de la Torre, the coach of Toluca, last year’s Mexican league champion.

[/rquoter]

http://www.oem.com.mx/ESTO/notas/n1108943.htm
EL ESTO [Mexican Sports newspaper]
[rquoter]
2 de abril de 2009
FMF despide a Eriksson
AP

Ciudad de México.- Sin siquiera sobrevivir el año, Sven-Goran Eriksson fue despedido de su cargo como técnico de la selección mexicana de futbol

La derrota del miércoles 3-1 en Honduras por las eliminatorias mundialistas fue el puntillazo final a la gestión del sueco, que reemplazó al cesado Hugo Sánchez en junio del año pasado.

México ocupa el cuarto lugar en el hexagonal final de las eliminatorias mundialistas, con un triunfo y dos derrotas en tres partidos. De mantener esa posición, tendría que disputar un repechaje contra el quinto de Sudamérica para viajar a Sudáfrica 2010.

"Con mucha pena, le comunicamos al señor Eriksson que su ciclo con el equipo nacional terminaba", dijo en rueda de prensa el presidente de la Femexfut, Justino Compeán.

"No podemos poner en riesgo la clasificación y el Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010 es nuestro objetivo", insistió Compean al confirmar que tuvo una reunión temprano con el sueco.

Eriksson se despidió y agradeció, a través de la prensa, el tiempo que estuvo al frente del Tri. "Estoy frustrado por los resultados", aceptó.

Javier Aguirre y José Manuel de la Torre suenan como los principales candidatos para tomar las riendas del Tri, que reanuda la campaña eliminatoria el 6 de junio en El Salvador.

Aguirre, quien hasta poco dirigió al Atlético de Madrid, ya fue timonel de la selección en las eliminatorias y el mundial de Corea-Japón 2002.

El "Chepo" de la Torre es técnico del Toluca, al que sacó campeón en el torneo Apertura 2008. También logró un título en el Apertura 2006 con Chivas.

La era de Eriksson comenzó a tambor batiente bajo el cobijo de la localía y México, con algunos apuros, logró ganar sus tres primeros encuentros de la fase de grupos de las eliminatorias.

Pero luego cayó en Jamaica, empató en Canadá y cayó ante Honduras para avanzar al hexagonal final con la diferencia de goles como su boleto.

En el hexagonal final, Eriksson perdió de visita ante Estados Unidos y nuevamente con Honduras para acabar de agotar la paciencia de los dirigentes mexicanos.

Eriksson ganó cuatro juegos, todos como local, perdió cuatro y empató uno por las eliminatorias.[/rquoter]

I'll translate later. Bittersweet happiness.